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Nevada derailment disrupts rail service
RENO, Nevada - A freight train derailed about 260 miles east of Reno on Saturday (Dec. 27), triggering a bridge collapse and major disruptions in rail service on one of the countrys main east-west lines, Union Pacific officials told the Journal Gazette.

The derailment occurred Saturday morning in a remote area along the Humboldt River about 10 miles west of Carlin and 260 miles east of Reno, UP spokeswoman Zoe Richmond said.

She said 13 cars containing grain were involved in the derailment and she was unsure how many cars the westbound locomotives were hauling. No injuries were reported.

The 102-year-old bridge spanning the river collapsed a couple of hours after the derailment, Richmond said, and railroad officials are unsure how long itll take to restore it.

We have crews looking at how to clear the mess, Richmond said. Any derailment is tough, but we knew this one would be a bit tougher because it involved both a bridge and a derailment.

The line across northern Nevada connects Oakland, Calif., and Salt Lake City as well as other points east.

With the line shut down across northern Nevada, UPs closest alternate east-west lines are located well to the north and south, with one going through Portland, Ore., and the other passing through Las Vegas.

Definitely, its going to cause major disruptions in rail service, Richmond said. The other lines are not desirable because they take a lot longer and involve greater expense.

Amtrak uses the same line, but it was not immediately clear the impact the bridge collapse would have on its California Zephyr service, a spokeswoman said.

UP officials hope to come up with a plan by Monday on how to deal with the bridge.

We once fixed another bridge in about a week, and we should know in the next couple of days how long its going to take to get this bridge up and running, Richmond said.

The locomotives had passed through an 875-foot tunnel when the derailment occurred. Three cars derailed inside the tunnel and at least a couple of cars ended up in the river, Richmond said.

The cause of the derailment is under investigation by UP experts.

Among other things, investigators will examine a black box that recorded the engineers actions. Most UP locomotives also are mounted with a camera.

(This item appeared Dec. 28, 2008, in the Journal Register.)

December 29, 2008


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Fucking crew dimmed their ditch lights for a meet. I think MARRCO employees should start wearing vests tu, that would have done a lot to prevent this accident.

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Friggin bridge shifted under the weight and derailed the cars.

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Im eating Tu's lunch!

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Tu failed to fill out his conductor log, do his stretching exercises and didnt have "Summer Spike" written in his job briefing book!

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Can you believe that they were gonna set up an investigation on a conductor here for not signing his signal awareness form?

Place has gone fuckin mad!

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Brizy wrote:

Can you believe that they were gonna set up an investigation on a conductor here for not signing his signal awareness form?

Place has gone fuckin mad!




Wait hold on a second! Ok yea it is still the fucked up railroad that I work for or  am allowed to roll over. I have a group of brother BNsf types that I go out drinking with and we are always trying to out "can you believe our RR did this!"



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Brizy wrote:

Can you believe that they were gonna set up an investigation on a conductor here for not signing his signal awareness form?

Place has gone fuckin mad!




Now that people are furloughed and less people to supervise, they have to find things to justify their jobs. This is just one of the many bullshit stunts they will pull.

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YardSlug wrote:

Brizy wrote:

Can you believe that they were gonna set up an investigation on a conductor here for not signing his signal awareness form?

Place has gone fuckin mad!




Now that people are furloughed and less people to supervise, they have to find things to justify their jobs. This is just one of the many bullshit stunts they will pull.

Remember to hold onto the handrails when walking up and down stairways in yard offices, that was a favorite around here when times were slow before, they'd sit in the window and watch. 

The division RFE would stand in the doorway and check his watch as to what time you showed up, another tactic.  He would have had a field day nowadays with some of these guys.



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Somebody please delete this. Thank you.


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Snippy should apologize for double posting.

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